One perfect green blanket - album review
One Perfect Green Blanket represents an ideal introduction to the work of Barbara Manning, long one of the Bay Area's finest singer/songwriters. The set includes eight tracks, three of which were previously released on compilations and flexi-discs ("Smoking Her Wings," "Don't Rewind," and "Someone Wants You Dead,") plus an additional ten from Lately I Keep Scissors (1988). All of the songs were written or co-written by Manning with the exception of "Smoking Her Wings," a sublime, cello-laden version of New Zealand band the Bats' original (from The Law of Things). "Scissors," "Every Pretty Girl," and "Something You've Got (Isn't Good)" -- all from Lately I Keep Scissors -- are some of the finest, most infectious songs Manning has ever written.....MORE
